Battery Draw Amperage

[Mike Miller]

Is the glove box light on the same circuit? How about the under hood light? I forget off hand. On one of my past 200s, just moving the trunk wires around cured the problem. 

Bob's method is MUCH safer than hoping your partner will actually open the trunk after you climb in and close it :-)

mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: rbade12 at aol.com 
To: auditony at gmail.com ; sextondm at gmail.com 
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Battery Draw Amperage



 Agree with Tony. #4 is the trunk light, vanity mirror lights, etc. Take your digital camera, turn the flash off, put it on timer, throw it in the trunk pointed at the light, close the lid and see if you get a picture. I had the same issue years ago and it was the trunk light. 

Bob

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
To: David Sexton <sextondm at gmail.com>
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Sat, Jun 19, 2010 5:52 pm
Subject: Re: Battery Draw Amperage


As Dewitt said, that is too much, as it is about a small light bulb

draw. That is the perfiect amount (.2a, or 200ma) to drain the battery

in 4-5 days. Whatever is on that #4 fuse is right where I'd be

looking. And, yes, it is charging just fine.



Tony



On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:36 PM, David Sexton <sextondm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all;

> The other day I was checking for a battery draw on the Avant, and I had my

> multimeter between the negative terminal and negative cable and was watching

> the amperage draw on the battery as I pulled each fuse out of the fuse

> block, one at a time.

> With everything in place, doors closed, lights out, at rest, there is a .2

> amp draw on the battery.  Is that too much?  Would that be enough to be

> draining my battery in about 4-5 days?

> The battery in my car is only a matter of months old, and is the second one

> I've put in the car.  It is the correct European type battery from

> Carquest.

> I've checked voltage at the battery with the car running, 13.85v.  I've also

> checked it at the alternator and it's about 14.00-14.5v.  It appears to me



> Any ideas?  Is the .2A draw too much?

> When pulling fuses, the only two fuses that made a difference were the #4

> fuse (dropped the draw from .2A to .04A), and the #19 fuse (dropped from .2A

> to .178A).

> Thanks,

>

> Dave Sexton

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